Question

Fill in the table with suitable examples from the poem.

1. Setting
2. Tone
3. Theme

Answer 1

1. Setting	A winter evening in the countryside, where the speaker leans on a coppice gate among tangled stems beneath a cloudy sky.
2. Tone	Melancholy and reflective at first, becoming wondering and cautiously hopeful when the thrush sings.
3. Theme	Hope and renewal may persist even in times of decay, despair, and change.